Why is Amazon charging $300 more than on the Vizio website for the exact same item, when Vizio offers free shipping AND a FREETWO YEAR WARRRANTY?
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Becuase this is a 3rd party dealer who has it in stock while amazon (and majority of other retailers) does not, they are capitalizing on the supply / demand theory here.
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Are you sure you are comparing the same models? They have four models CT14 series and CT15 series, and all look exactly the same on the outside. Amazon does not stock these ultrabooks - they may show it for sale but they use one of their affiliated dealers to fill the order. When I bought one, on Aug 24,2012 - Amazon listed the CT15-A1 for only $50 more than I paid at my local Sams Club ($899 + 6% local Sales Tax). The Visio store sells the same model equipped with a bigger SSD Hard Drive + FREE shipping drive Plus a Two year warranty for $999. Be aware of Configuration changes between various sellers. Are you sure you are comparing the same models? They have four models CT14 series and CT15 series, and all look exactly the same on the outside. Amazon does not stock these ultrabooks - they may show it for sale but they use one of their affiliated dealers to fill the order. When I bought one, on Aug 24,2012 - Amazon listed the CT15-A1 for only $50 more than I paid at my local Sams Club ($899 + 6% local Sales Tax). The Visio store sells the same model equipped with a bigger SSD Hard Drive + FREE shipping drive Plus a Two year warranty for $999. Be aware of Configuration changes between... » Read More Are you sure you are comparing the same models? They have four models CT14 series and CT15 series, and all look exactly the same on the outside. Amazon does not stock these ultrabooks - they may show it for sale but they use one of their affiliated dealers to fill the order. When I bought one, on Aug 24,2012 - Amazon listed the CT15-A1 for only $50 more than I paid at my local Sams Club ($899 + 6% local Sales Tax). The Visio store sells the same model equipped with a bigger SSD Hard Drive + FREE shipping drive Plus a Two year warranty for $999. Be aware of Configuration changes between various sellers. « Show Less
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The cost can change depending on whether Amazon is shipping it directly, or going through a reseller. Give it a few days, pay attention to who is shipping -- you'll catch the lower price again soon enough! Went through the same thing with a play kitchen for my son last year.
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I can't agree more, yesterday there was free shipping and a lower price. When I checked out today there was a $100 shipping charge on my email confirming the order that had not been reflected in the shopping cart. By the way the TV was $150 more than yesterday. Very frustrating shopping experience. Should have just gone to Sears paid the higher price and avoided the drama.
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Well, Walmart saying on or shortly after June 26th. This site saying released on the 27th. I ordered mine from Vizio.com on the first available day and no word other than the original info of July 9th. Hmmmm. Vizio.com costs an extra $80 since I'm a Prime member.
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It's not higher, it's the same price as what is posted on the evga website, and if you order with amazon's free shipping you don't pay extra for the shipping.
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IDK I Think Amazon is trying to trick a couple dumb***** to pay more. I agree with Musio that you should get it from Radio Shack.
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There is nothing different about the product. Amazon has free shipping and shipping from the company that makes it can be anywhere from $17 to $40 depending on where you live. The price on the company website is $79.95. So you would spend at least $97.00 buying it there.
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I hate this too. Makes it too damn hard to shop if I have to go all the way to checkout just to see a price. They use to have a button you could click in the add to see the price, and that is still the way that Best Buy does it. I have to say, it's 100 times easier to shop on Best Buy's site, than it is Amazon's. If Best Buy wasn't a rip off, I'd just buy the TV there.
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I bought the package from amazon (tv, glasses and bluray player) paid 2212 just for the tv and I still was able to match the price of the TV itself to $1999.75. It took a fair amount of convincing and complaining before this was taken care of properly. The customer service staff in India is particularly inept at understanding Amazon price match policy. Finally I spoke to a Team lead (Pablo) who was able to handle the situation very efficiently. All in all, I paid a little over $2K for the whole package a price match of $212. So when you call, you need to pose the question as to what would you pay if you were buying the package now. It doesnt matter how the $400 promotion was applied. I bought the package from amazon (tv, glasses and bluray player) paid 2212 just for the tv and I still was able to match the price of the TV itself to $1999.75. It took a fair amount of convincing and complaining before this was taken care of properly. The customer service staff in India is particularly inept at understanding Amazon price match policy. Finally I spoke to a Team lead (Pablo) who was able to handle the situation very efficiently. All in all, I paid a little over $2K for the whole package a price match of $212. So when you call, you need to pose the question as to what would... » Read More I bought the package from amazon (tv, glasses and bluray player) paid 2212 just for the tv and I still was able to match the price of the TV itself to $1999.75. It took a fair amount of convincing and complaining before this was taken care of properly. The customer service staff in India is particularly inept at understanding Amazon price match policy. Finally I spoke to a Team lead (Pablo) who was able to handle the situation very efficiently. All in all, I paid a little over $2K for the whole package a price match of $212. So when you call, you need to pose the question as to what would you pay if you were buying the package now. It doesnt matter how the $400 promotion was applied. « Show Less
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I was not aware of that price difference. My criteria in choosing what I did was: identical product, free shipping, and no tax. None of that criteria was available locally. God Bless Amazon (the only sane way to shop)
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I just did the same thing. I bought a TV from Amazon at the best price (this morning 01-18-09) and now Onecall has the best price (same day but evening time) The price only went down $30, but hey $30 is $30 and I thought I heard that amazon has price matching through 30 days. Help us!
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could be because amazon is offering free shipping (and tax free in some states, though I don't think that is taken into account) where as the other sites are going to charge an arm and a leg.
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I wanted to see *how free* all the extra items were by ordering from TV. I clicked buy for everything, and by the time you pay for shipping for all the free items plus the extra gadgets they try to sell, it was over $700!
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Yup, Vizio's website say it's in stock and they're discontinued all their older 55" line.Encouraging indeed, just for grins I put the 554 in Vizio's shopping cart there was a CA tax charge of $144 and of course Costco would have to add CA taxes also so I'm sticking with my Amazon purchase... no taxes and free shipping.Btw, I screwed up the title of this discussion threat "Vizio" of course not "Visio" my bad.
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I bought it from Amazon for $1389 like December 10th-ish with no blu-ray. I complained to customer service after I received the TV and they refunded me $100 and gave me the blu ray player for free. So I guess it's worth a shot if Buy.com's customer service is as good as Amazon.com's.
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Although this thread is about cameras, I found it on a gooogle search of "Amazon versus buy.com". In my experience (mainly on books) I much prefer the Amazon website because of the reviews and good interface. But buy.com tends to be a bit cheaper. Generally a dollar or so for a typical $15 book. But where buy.com is much better (and why I tend to order from them) is the shipping. If you go for Amazon's free shipping, they seem to always sit on the shipment for a week before sending it out. Buy.com, although they say free shipping will take longer, it seems my packages always get shipped within a couple of days. Although this thread is about cameras, I found it on a gooogle search of "Amazon versus buy.com". In my experience (mainly on books) I much prefer the Amazon website because of the reviews and good interface. But buy.com tends to be a bit cheaper. Generally a dollar or so for a typical $15 book. But where buy.com is much better (and why I tend to order from them) is the shipping. If you go for Amazon's free shipping, they seem to always sit on the shipment for a week before sending it out. Buy.com, although they say free shipping will take longer, it seems my packages always get... » Read More Although this thread is about cameras, I found it on a gooogle search of "Amazon versus buy.com". In my experience (mainly on books) I much prefer the Amazon website because of the reviews and good interface. But buy.com tends to be a bit cheaper. Generally a dollar or so for a typical $15 book. But where buy.com is much better (and why I tend to order from them) is the shipping. If you go for Amazon's free shipping, they seem to always sit on the shipment for a week before sending it out. Buy.com, although they say free shipping will take longer, it seems my packages always get shipped within a couple of days. « Show Less
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Just to let you know if you didnt know already. The good thing about purchasing it through Amazon is that they have a post price gaurantee for 30days after you receive it. Not when you purchased it. Amazon will credit you any amount that had been reduced so if you pay 2269.00 now and the price drops 50.00 than 100.00 in the next 30 days they will credit you the difference of 150.00. Nobody else will give you that offer plus free shipping and no tax. You cannot beat it still.